Paul Onuachu will take Sadiq Umar, a forward for Real Sociedad, who has been disqualified from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which will take place in Cote d’Ivoire.
In Monday’s friendly match between Nigeria and Guinea in Abu Dhabi, Umar is said to have sustained a knee injury.
He now has the distinction of joining players like Wilfred Ndidi of Leicester City and Victor Boniface of Bayern Leverkusen on the injury list.
A post on X by the Super Eagles handle revealed this on Friday and It read: Sadiq Umar is out of the AFCON 2023 squad due to injury; Paul Onuachu replaces him.”
Onuachu had been named in the Super Eagles’ provisional 40-man squad for the AFCON but was dropped for the final 23-man list by Jose Peserio.
Umar is expected to return to Spain for treatment Peserio’s men will kick start their campaign against Equatorial Guinea in their Group A opening game on Sunday, January 14th.
